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Nora V. Demleitner Discusses a "Fundamental Shift" in Manhattan DA's Proposed Sentencing Policies for Repeat Offenders
Cy Vance Sets Sights on Repeat Offenders
By Jill Colvin
DNAInfo.com
January 26, 2011
Excerpt:
"I believe that we have in our city a small number of people that cause a disproportionate amount of the problems," Vance told Midtown residents at a recent police community precinct meeting — his first stop on a planned borough-wide tour. "At a certain time you just have to say, enough is enough."
The get-tough rhetoric is a change in tone for Vance, said Nora Demleitner, a dean and professor at Hofstra University School of Law, who specializes in sentencing.
"It seems to be a fundamental shift from prior police and policy approaches," she said.
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